Today I welcome a super author, kind friend, and one who is a blessing to many: Erica
Erica shares her warm smile around the Christian writing community. She is fully engaged in reaching out to others on facebook, twitter, and on her blog. Twelve of her books have been published and a thirteenth will be out in December.
I asked her to tell us about her writing journey and was very happy to receive this great response:
Author Bio: Erica Vetsch is a transplanted Kansan now residing in Minnesota. She loves history and reading, and is blessed to be able to combine the two by writing historical fiction set in the American West. Whenever she’s not following flights of fancy in her fictional world, she’s the company bookkeeper for the family lumber business, mother of two terrific teens, wife to a man who is her total opposite and soul-mate, and avid museum patron.
Erica is giving away an autographed copy of her book:
A Bride Sews with Love in Needles, California, see below.
Erica shares her warm smile around the Christian writing community. She is fully engaged in reaching out to others on facebook, twitter, and on her blog. Twelve of her books have been published and a thirteenth will be out in December.
I asked her to tell us about her writing journey and was very happy to receive this great response:
When Does Inspiration Come?
Recently a friend of mine asked on her blog “What inspires you?” I loved
all the answers. Some readers were inspired by music, some by walking in the mountains,
some by reading great fiction, or looking at the sky. After some thought, I
realized that my most inspirational times, the times when my imagination is
most nimble, are those precious moments at night before I fall asleep.
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For as long as I can remember, I have daydreamed myself to sleep at
night. When the house is quiet, everything is dark, and I can just close my
eyes and let my mind drift to magical lands and places, peopled with characters
I wanted to hang out with, adventures I wanted to take. As a child, I continued
stories that I’d read, riding The Black Stallion, nursing patients with Cherry
Ames, pioneering with Laura Ingalls Wilder.
It was in those precious moments that I learned to spin my own stories,
and even now that’s when I work out plot problems, talk to characters, or imagine
settings. My mind is free from distractions, noise, electronics, tasks, and
to-do lists.
It is at this time that I can overcome writer’s block by shedding doubt
and letting myself explore ideas that simply won’t come when facing a blinking
cursor and a blank page. It’s when I can sink into the story and eventually
into slumber.
How about you? When does your inspiration come? What inspires you?
About The Book:
(From the back cover)
A Bride Sews With Love in Needles, California
A Harvey Girl waits on
True Love.
With her brother already on the front lines in France,
Meghan Thorson becomes a Harvey Girl in Needles, California. Ready and willing
to wait on the hundreds of doughboys heading for Europe, Meghan deems this
service her way of contributing to the war effort. When a Red Cross
representative breezes through town, Meghan embraces the challenge to do even
more, committing to completing a Red Cross signature quilt and canvassing the
town for donations to the cause.
Horseman Caleb McBride makes his living by training stock
for the US Cavalry and keeps his pride by remaining a loner. When Meghan meets
Caleb, she senses something mysterious and wounded about him, piquing her
curiosity. But after the townsfolk scorn him as a coward and a profiteer, Caleb
feels her pity and becomes even more guarded.
When Needles is hit by an influenza epidemic and the Harvey
hotel is made into a temporary hospital, Meghan discovers Caleb’s shameful
secret.
Will both Caleb and Meghan find a way to kill their pride
before their chance of love rips them apart at the seams?
Author Bio: Erica Vetsch is a transplanted Kansan now residing in Minnesota. She loves history and reading, and is blessed to be able to combine the two by writing historical fiction set in the American West. Whenever she’s not following flights of fancy in her fictional world, she’s the company bookkeeper for the family lumber business, mother of two terrific teens, wife to a man who is her total opposite and soul-mate, and avid museum patron.
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Thank you Erica for sharing your journey with us, today.
Reader, if you have read one of Erica's books, please tell us which one? What has inspired you?
To enter the contest for an autographed copy of Erica's book A Bride Sews with Love in Needles, California, become a follower of Mary's website, if you aren't already (see the upper right corner of this blog to join). And leave a comment. Please also include your email address (username (at) yahoo (dot) com) so I can contact you if you are the winner. The winner will be selected by a third party, random.org, and will be announced on Monday. U.S. residents only.
Comments
I think many would agree with you. I hadn't thought about not being able to multitask, but it's true. Thanks for stopping by today.
I find inspiration in the shower too! And nowhere to write things down!
:)
Please don't enter me in the drawing. I've read A Bride Sews with Love, and I loved it.
I disliked the direction my work was going. had to leave the house for something and on the drive...POOF the solution presented itself. Usually I would sit her and stew trying to come up with the answer. God knew. :)
What inspires me? Music. Reading a good story. Life, because it touches something deep inside of me and that makes me want to write.
God and Scripture, because without Him, I'd have no reason to write.
Hope you ladies are having a great weekend!
I so agree about God and the Scriptures being the best inspiration. He is the Great Creator.
Thanks for stopping by, Lindsay.